William Shakespeare’s precise birthday is unknown, but given his baptism date of April 26, 1564, scholars place the Bard’s birth on or near April 23—which is also his deathdate.
Check out some interesting reads on Shakespeare from The Telegraph and The Huffington Post.
The NJSO salutes the Bard with a two-year Winter Festival project, “Sounds of Shakespeare,” celebrating the genius of Shakespeare with music inspired by his greatest plays. View the NJSO’s 2015 Winter Festival concerts.